Date:         Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:48:08 -0400
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Static on radio
Comments: To: Dan Erlandson <danoer1@ECLIPSE.NET>
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On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Dan Erlandson wrote:

> It seems to me that whenever I press lightly on the brake pedal that I get a
> rush of static on the radio station that I am listening to. Am I crazy or is
> it a bad ground issue.

I think it's more of a switch issue.  While following a friend who was
driving my van, I noticed that during light brake applications the brake
lights have a tendancy to flicker.  I suspect yours are doing the same
thing, and the constant making/breaking of the contacts is causing a bit
of arcing that's causing the static.  I don't know of a fix, though new
brake light switches might do it.

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